# New Boticelli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169 "2012-05-07T14:49:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 14

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/262 "2012-05-18T20:56:57Z")

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IQ1: Did you run from the harsh Athenian law to be with your love?

IQ2: Did you have a Kanly feud with Duke Leo Atreidies?

IQ3: Are you famous for your paintings of ‘A Rake’s Progress’?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/263 "2012-05-19T03:29:41Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Has the “I” been solved? 😕

Yes. See post 255.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/264 "2012-05-19T03:30:45Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQ1: Did your partner often get you into fine messes?  
> IQ2: Do you have a lot of bunnies?  
> IQ3: Did you name what has been considered a lemon after your son?

No, I’m not Oliver Hardy, Hugh Hefner or Henry Ford.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/265 "2012-05-19T03:31:48Z")

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> [@Enginerd](#):
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> IQ1: Did you hate it when the family came late for dinner?  
> IQ2: Are you Elwood Dowd’s best friend?  
> IQ3: Are you a longtime collaborator of Jerry Garcia?

Dunno about the first. Take a DQ.  
No, I’m not Harvey.  
Dunno about the third. Another DQ.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/266 "2012-05-19T03:33:13Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: Did you run from the harsh Athenian law to be with your love?
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> IQ2: Did you have a Kanly feud with Duke Leo Atreidies?
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> IQ3: Are you famous for your paintings of ‘A Rake’s Progress’?

No, I’m not Helena, in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_.  
No, I’m not Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.  
No, I’m not \_\_\_\_\_ Hogarth.

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/267 "2012-05-19T04:07:57Z")

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IQ1: Were your adventures with your family popular first on radio?  
IQ2: Does a part of you live in scientific infamy?  
IQ3: Tiny bubbles?

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/268 "2012-05-19T08:35:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno about the first. Take a DQ.  
> No, I’m not Harvey.  
> Dunno about the third. Another DQ.

The other two were Hop Sing (the cook on Bonanza) and Robert Hunter.

DQ1: Are you a real person?  
DQ2: Are you male?

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/269 "2012-05-19T13:06:10Z")

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IQ1: At the premiere of your most famous work, were the men enjoined not to wear their swords and the women enjoined not to wear hoops in their skirts?

IQ2: Though born and raised in Indiana, does Georgia feature prominently in your thoughts?

IQ3: A founding member of Canada’s Group of Seven, were you also a mentor to Tom Thomson and Emily Carr?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/270 "2012-05-19T13:23:46Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQ1: Were your adventures with your family popular first on radio?  
> IQ2: Does a part of you live in scientific infamy?  
> IQ3: Tiny bubbles?

Dunno about the first two; and no, I’m not Don Ho.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/271 "2012-05-19T13:25:28Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: At the premiere of your most famous work, were the men enjoined not to wear their swords and the women enjoined not to wear hoops in their skirts?
> 
> IQ2: Though born and raised in Indiana, does Georgia feature prominently in your thoughts?
> 
> IQ3: A founding member of Canada’s Group of Seven, were you also a mentor to Tom Thomson and Emily Carr?

I’m not G.F. Handel, re: the Dublin world premiere of _Messiah_.  
I’m not Hoagy Carmichael.  
Dunno about the third. Take a DQ.

H.

1. Real person
2. Male

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/272 "2012-05-19T14:59:41Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Dunno about the first two; and no, I’m not Don Ho.

Harriet Nelson, of “Ozzie and Harriet” fame  
Henrietta Lacks, source of the immortal cancer cells

DQ: Are you alive?  
DQ: Are you primarily known for your contribution to The Arts?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/273 "2012-05-20T02:01:40Z")

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H.

1. Real person
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not primarily know for contributions to the arts

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/274 "2012-05-20T03:14:37Z")

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Were you a POTUS who was the gradson of a POTUS, and great-grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/275 "2012-05-20T03:50:31Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Were you a POTUS who was the gradson of a POTUS, and great-grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence?

No, I’m not Benjamin Harrison.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/276 "2012-05-20T13:41:19Z")

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> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#):
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> IQ1: At the premiere of your most famous work, were the men enjoined not to wear their swords and the women enjoined not to wear hoops in their skirts?
> 
> IQ2: Though born and raised in Indiana, does Georgia feature prominently in your thoughts?
> 
> IQ3: A founding member of Canada’s Group of Seven, were you also a mentor to Tom Thomson and Emily Carr?

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I’m not G.F. Handel, re: the Dublin world premiere of _Messiah_.  
> I’m not Hoagy Carmichael.  
> Dunno about the third. Take a DQ.

Correct on 1 and 2. #3 is **Lawren Harris** , who had the most individual voice of any of the Group of Seven.

DQ: Were you born after 1900?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/277 "2012-05-20T15:22:02Z")

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H.

1. Real person
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not primarily know for contributions to the arts
5. Born after 1900

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/278 "2012-05-20T16:55:01Z")

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IQ1: Did you challenge someone who was not a crook?  
IQ2: Were you a reclusive aviator?  
IQ3: Are you an ousted evangelical?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/279 "2012-05-20T20:38:47Z")

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> [@MissTake](#):
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> IQ1: Did you challenge someone who was not a crook?  
> IQ2: Were you a reclusive aviator?  
> IQ3: Are you an ousted evangelical?

No, I’m not Helen Douglas, Howard Hughes or \_\_\_\_\_ Haggard.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/280 "2012-05-20T21:31:53Z")

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IQ1: Were you a prominent member of Miles Davis’ second quintet?

IQ2: Did you slay Patroclus?

IQ3: Are you a Brazilian composer with a tendency to compulsive lying?

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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-boticelli/621169/281 "2012-05-20T23:52:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> No, I’m not Helen Douglas, Howard Hughes or \_\_\_\_\_ Haggard.

Actually, I was going for Hubert Humphrey for IQ1, and IQ3 was Ted Haggard.

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